Protect Your Corn Seed 

By John Pocock

High-rate insecticidal seed treatments typically perform poorly where corn rootworm populations are plentiful, warn Extension entomologists from several...

Monsanto to Share SCN Markers 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Monsanto will provide academic researchers and public institutions free access to its state of the art cyst nematode marker technology. Scientists and...

Rotations On Trial 

By Karl Ohm

Time has, indeed, been on the side of a comprehensive and large crop rotation experiment in southwest Wisconsin. It was in 1966 long before sustainability...

Triple Production In Cerrado 

By James Thompson

The Ministry of Agriculture confirms that we can triple (grain and oilseed) production without knocking down one more tree, said Marina Silva...

Groups Seek Corn on CRP Land 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Some 30 national and state agribusiness groups have asked the U.S. government to give farmers flexibility to plant corn without penalty on cropland idled...

Friendly Competition 

By Larry Stalcup

They're gunning for Ben Moore in northwest Tennessee. No, he's not in any trouble. It's just a friendly game of MarketMaxx with his grower neighbors....

Group Risk Crop Insurance Premiums to Increase 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Some observers are now questioning the advisability of using Group Risk Income Plan (GRIP) crop insurance policies in 2007, says Gary Schnitkey, a University...

Acquiring More Acres 

By Moe Russell

This winter while traveling throughout the Midwest and High Plains I asked producers: What is your biggest challenge? Often the response I got was the...

Continuous Corn Adds $89/Acre 

This year's projected return for corn after corn is $156 above average, according to the University of Illinois Extension Farmdoc Web site...

Officials Break Ground for Ethanol Facilities 

Compiled By Kate Royer

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and several area officials joined a Massachusetts company in a ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony recently for...

Products 

SIMPLIFIED MOBILE STEERING SYSTEM: Raven Industries announces the release of its newest assisted steering system, the QuickTrax system. This system offers...

Test Drive Our New Web Site 

By Greg Lamp

Unveiling a new Web site reminds me a lot of buying a new car. There's an anticipation and unmistakable newness, but it doesn't last long...

Biofuel Backlash 

By John Russnogle

Four-dollar corn works well as long as you're selling it. Others in agriculture have a problem with the sudden spike in #2 yellow prices. Count the cattle...

Monitor Reveals How Plants Feel, What They Need 

Compiled By Kate Royer

With the help of Envirotron, a controlled-atmosphere facility at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Griffin, and sensory equipment, scientists are learning how agricultural crops will react to future climate change...

New NCC Chairman 

Compiled By Kate Royer

John Pucheu, a Tranquillity, CA, producer, is chairman of the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2007. Named during the NCC's annual meeting on Feb. 1-5,...

Manure Power 

By Larry Stalcup

When Panda Energy looked to expand into ethanol production, it wanted access to plenty of corn. With its unique method of making the fuel and its byproducts,...

Drift Too Swift? 

By Kurt Lawton

If you're not concerned about spray drift, you should be. It's illegal and you are liable for any damage. If you think insurance will cover such a loss,...

Corn Weed Control Guide Additions 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

In addition to pre-emergence control, Syngenta's Camix, Lumax and Lexar herbicides provide preplant and postemerge control of a broad spectrum of weeds....

Make Irrigation Pay 

By Doreen Muzzi

Irrigation just didn't add up for many Midsouth soybean growers in 2006, with five to six applications resulting in high costs and little improvement...

They Work Together 

By Liz Morrison

You could call it a May-December relationship. Minnesota farmers Jere and Curt Ettesvold are nearing retirement age. This spring, the two brothers began...

Exports Keep Booming 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Ag exports are expected to climb to a record $78 billion in fiscal 2007, surging $9.3 billion from 2006. Canada is the leading market for U.S. ag products,...

Old Is New Again 

by Dave Howe

Old Combine Chassis Remade Into Sprayer An old John Deere 45 combine chassis was just the ticket for this pull-type, 1,000-gal. sprayer with a 60-ft....

Plant Earlier, Not Later 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

If you have more acres of corn to plant, plant earlier if seedbed and environmental conditions allow, say Iowa State University Extension agronomists....

Soybean Squeeze 

By Alan Kluis

In my December 2006 The Corn And Soybean Digest article, I explained how the rally in corn prices and increase in corn acreage in 2007 would create a...

Kick Up Your Heels 

By Greg Lamp

Jerry and Donna Zubke — the Bobby and Sissy of the polka dance world — hop, twirl, kick, step and dip with the best of them...